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2nd Grade Language Basic Test 1



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which word is NOT spelled correctly?
a.
acheive
c.
dealt
b.
cancel
d.
exact
 

 2. 

Does the packet contain an extra pair of scissers?
Which underlined word is NOT spelled correctly?
a.
packet
c.
pair
b.
contain
d.
scissers
 

 3. 

Nate accidentaly spilled his glass of milk.
Which underlined word is NOT spelled correctly?
a.
accidentaly
c.
glass
b.
spilled
d.
milk
 

 4. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Adjective Forms—RIT 171-180
Which sentence contains the correct comparison?
a.
Belinda is the older of the two sisters.
c.
Belinda is the most old of the two sisters.
b.
Belinda is the oldest of the two sisters.
d.
Belinda is the more old of the two sisters.
 

 5. 

Yesterday was the ________ day of the year.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
colder
c.
coldest
b.
cold
d.
coldess
 

 6. 

They live in a _______ house.
Which of the following words will best complete the sentence?
a.
tooth
c.
cake
b.
earring
d.
brick
 

 7. 

Many people think peanut butter is _______ than jelly.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
good
c.
gooder
b.
better
d.
best
 

 8. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Adverb Forms—RIT 171-180
My sister _______ cleaned the cage.
Choose the best missing word or words.
a.
quicker
c.
quickly
b.
more quick
d.
quicklier
 

 9. 

The poster was _______ finished.
Choose the best missing word or words.
a.
final
c.
more final
b.
finally
d.
finalest
 

 10. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Basic Sentence Patterns—RIT 171-180
Which is a complete sentence?
a.
Joe broke the fish bowl.
c.
After the parade was over.
b.
Jill, the tallest girl in the class.
d.
Grace after game.
 

 11. 

Which sentence is a command?
a.
Are you going to finish your homework?
c.
Answer the phone.
b.
At the beginning of the class.
d.
I will call you later.
 

 12. 

The teachers ____________________.
Choose the missing word.
a.
in the school
c.
on the panel
b.
helped with the dance
d.
who like to read
 

 13. 

Which is a complete sentence?
a.
From the beginning of the novel.
c.
The bird landed on the roof.
b.
After the baseball game.
d.
Where the stream flows?
 

 14. 

Which is NOT a complete sentence?
a.
Whenever it rains, Tom’s basement floods.
c.
When the moon reflected on the lake.
b.
The door squeaks when it’s opened.
d.
The snow melts when the sun shines.
 

 15. 

Which of the following sentences would need a question mark as its end punctuation?
a.
Will you all pass in your homework
c.
The class seems unprepared
b.
Let me do the errand
d.
Close the door behind you
 



 
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